OS is not a total Ron Paul fan, but does get the newsletter his office emails.
Today, Ron Paul cut through the confusion on Egypt with this brief essay.
The US government has sent more than $60 billion to the Egyptian regime since the Camp David Accords in 1978 to purchase stability, including more security for the state of Israel. We see now the folly of our interventionist foreign policy: not only has that stability fallen to pieces with the current unrest, but the years of propping up the corrupt regime in Egypt has led the people to increase their resentment of both America and Israel! We are both worse off for decades of intervention into Egypt’s internal affairs. I wish I could say that we have learned our lesson and will no longer attempt to purchase – or rent – friends in the Middle East, but I am afraid that is being too optimistic. Already we see evidence that while the US historically propped up the Egyptian regime, we also provided assistance to groups opposed to the regime.
So we have lost the credibility to claim today that we support the self-determination of the Egyptian people. Our double dealing has not endeared us to Egyptians who now seek to reclaim their independence and national dignity.
It is distressing to see the reports of the secret police brutalizing and killing any and all who in any manner may shed light on the regime.
It is maddening to know we paid for it to happen, and that the folks in the streets know we paid for it.
What they don't know is that most of that money was spent out of our sight, because our Congress was asleep at the wheel.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Monday, February 7, 2011
Egyptian Police Trash American University Press Offices Friday: Homeboy Hosni's Finest Hour
The offices overlook the square, and the police wanted the vantage point from which to fire on the crowd below. So, they broke in. Rule of law, schmool of law, we don't need no stinking law. We're the law, bro! Homeboy Hosni sez so.
While they were at it, they trashed the offices, for good measure.
American University in Cairo Press editorial director Neil Hewison posted his account on the Oxford University Press blog.
Our AUC Press offices were trashed on Friday. The police had broken into the AUC to use the roof of our wing to fire on protesters at the junction of Sheikh Rihan and Qasr al-Aini (we found empty CS canisters and shotgun cartridges up there). And persons unknown ransacked our rooms. Drawers and files emptied, windows broken, cupboards and computers smashed. But it could have been much worse. Meanwhile, the violence may get worse before it gets better.
I’m well stocked with food and water, and there’s a good gang of neighborhood lads downstairs with makeshift weapons to keep our building and other buildings safe. Now that we have internet again I can communicate better and even do some work!
Now, ya'll, jest in case someone thinks that this is some wild-eyed bunch of anarchists pushing revolutionary screed out the door, take a look at their catalog, distributed by those wild and crazy guys Oxford University Press.
Our tax dollars at work, ya'll. Miz Hilary best be packing Homeboy Hosni off to his Gulfstream and finding a place for his scurvy ass to land. With a fortune in the tens of billions, he should find some place warm and dry to finish out his days.
Unless, of course, he really is Obama's special homeboy, and it doesn't matter how many publishers get trashed, or civilians get shot...
Only power matters, right? Never let a good crisis go to waste, right?
(HT Inside Higher Education)
While they were at it, they trashed the offices, for good measure.
American University in Cairo Press editorial director Neil Hewison posted his account on the Oxford University Press blog.
Our AUC Press offices were trashed on Friday. The police had broken into the AUC to use the roof of our wing to fire on protesters at the junction of Sheikh Rihan and Qasr al-Aini (we found empty CS canisters and shotgun cartridges up there). And persons unknown ransacked our rooms. Drawers and files emptied, windows broken, cupboards and computers smashed. But it could have been much worse. Meanwhile, the violence may get worse before it gets better.
I’m well stocked with food and water, and there’s a good gang of neighborhood lads downstairs with makeshift weapons to keep our building and other buildings safe. Now that we have internet again I can communicate better and even do some work!
Now, ya'll, jest in case someone thinks that this is some wild-eyed bunch of anarchists pushing revolutionary screed out the door, take a look at their catalog, distributed by those wild and crazy guys Oxford University Press.
Our tax dollars at work, ya'll. Miz Hilary best be packing Homeboy Hosni off to his Gulfstream and finding a place for his scurvy ass to land. With a fortune in the tens of billions, he should find some place warm and dry to finish out his days.
Unless, of course, he really is Obama's special homeboy, and it doesn't matter how many publishers get trashed, or civilians get shot...
Only power matters, right? Never let a good crisis go to waste, right?
(HT Inside Higher Education)
Home-Boy Hosni Has Done Well: It's Good to Be King...
One must take this with a bit of caution, as the source is Al-Jazeera, but it's worth consideration.
Even if it is only 20% true, little wonder the streets have filled with fed-up people.
Even if it is only 20% true, little wonder the streets have filled with fed-up people.
Happy Birthday, President Reagan. We Miss You Terribly.
OldSouth has been wondering how best to join the chorus of voices honoring the 100th birthday of Ronald Reagan. So many others have done so much, so well. And hopefully, we will all continue to tell his story, and our story in light of his. Our children and grandchildren deserve to hear about this man, given the venal midgets Clinton and Obama, and the well-meaning dunces Bush and Bush, who have occupied the White House since.
So, OS looked through a few previous posts, and found this one from a few months ago, Memorial Day of 2010. It recounts his remarks of Memorial Day, 1986. Reagan, unlike so many in our day, believed that words have meaning and power, and that they should be simple, memorable, and unequivocal. He loved words. And, unlike the crowd now in the White House, he loved America and freedom with his whole heart.
So, in honor of the Gipper, OS would remind you of the closing words of that address from 1986. They were so typical of Mr. Reagan: simple, true, and from the heart. May God in his mercy grant us another like him in our day, even though we don't deserve it.
I know that many veterans of Vietnam will gather today, some of them perhaps by the wall. And they’re still helping each other on. They were quite a group, the boys of Vietnam—boys who fought a terrible and vicious war without enough support from home, boys who were dodging bullets while we debated the efficacy of the battle. It was often our poor who fought in that war; it was the unpampered boys of the working class who picked up the rifles and went on the march. They learned not to rely on us; they learned to rely on each other. And they were special in another way: They chose to be faithful. They chose to reject the fashionable skepticism of their time. They chose to believe and answer the call of duty. They had the wild, wild courage of youth. They seized certainty from the heart of an ambivalent age; they stood for something.
And we owe them something, those boys. We owe them first a promise: That just as they did not forget their missing comrades, neither, ever, will we. And there are other promises. We must always remember that peace is a fragile thing that needs constant vigilance. We owe them a promise to look at the world with a steady gaze and, perhaps, a resigned toughness, knowing that we have adversaries in the world and challenges and the only way to meet them and maintain the peace is by staying strong.
That, of course, is the lesson of this century, a lesson learned in the Sudetenland, in Poland, in Hungary, in Czechoslovakia, in Cambodia. If we really care about peace, we must stay strong. If we really care about peace, we must, through our strength, demonstrate our unwillingness to accept an ending of the peace. We must be strong enough to create peace where it does not exist and strong enough to protect it where it does. That’s the lesson of this century and, I think, of this day. And that’s all I wanted to say. The rest of my contribution is to leave this great place to its peace, a peace it has earned.
Thank all of you, and God bless you, and have a day full of memories.
So, OS looked through a few previous posts, and found this one from a few months ago, Memorial Day of 2010. It recounts his remarks of Memorial Day, 1986. Reagan, unlike so many in our day, believed that words have meaning and power, and that they should be simple, memorable, and unequivocal. He loved words. And, unlike the crowd now in the White House, he loved America and freedom with his whole heart.
So, in honor of the Gipper, OS would remind you of the closing words of that address from 1986. They were so typical of Mr. Reagan: simple, true, and from the heart. May God in his mercy grant us another like him in our day, even though we don't deserve it.
I know that many veterans of Vietnam will gather today, some of them perhaps by the wall. And they’re still helping each other on. They were quite a group, the boys of Vietnam—boys who fought a terrible and vicious war without enough support from home, boys who were dodging bullets while we debated the efficacy of the battle. It was often our poor who fought in that war; it was the unpampered boys of the working class who picked up the rifles and went on the march. They learned not to rely on us; they learned to rely on each other. And they were special in another way: They chose to be faithful. They chose to reject the fashionable skepticism of their time. They chose to believe and answer the call of duty. They had the wild, wild courage of youth. They seized certainty from the heart of an ambivalent age; they stood for something.
And we owe them something, those boys. We owe them first a promise: That just as they did not forget their missing comrades, neither, ever, will we. And there are other promises. We must always remember that peace is a fragile thing that needs constant vigilance. We owe them a promise to look at the world with a steady gaze and, perhaps, a resigned toughness, knowing that we have adversaries in the world and challenges and the only way to meet them and maintain the peace is by staying strong.
That, of course, is the lesson of this century, a lesson learned in the Sudetenland, in Poland, in Hungary, in Czechoslovakia, in Cambodia. If we really care about peace, we must stay strong. If we really care about peace, we must, through our strength, demonstrate our unwillingness to accept an ending of the peace. We must be strong enough to create peace where it does not exist and strong enough to protect it where it does. That’s the lesson of this century and, I think, of this day. And that’s all I wanted to say. The rest of my contribution is to leave this great place to its peace, a peace it has earned.
Thank all of you, and God bless you, and have a day full of memories.
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Reality Begins To Set In For The States: Texas Budget Cuts
Of course, there are cries of how unfair it all is from the NannyStateProfessionals, but math is math. Texas is 15 billion short, and spending must be reduced.
From Associated Press, who of course, never miss an opportunity to spit on a conservative:
AUSTIN, TX -- Public education in Texas is facing billions in proposed budget cuts that would include slashing arts education, pre-kindergarten programs and teacher incentive pay as lawmakers take on a massive deficit with the promise of no new taxes.
Lawmakers got their first glimpse of what the next state budget might look like late Tuesday, including the $5 billion cut to public schools, as Republican Gov. Rick Perry and his supporters were dancing at an inaugural celebration.
Texas is facing a $15 billion revenue shortfall, and few corners of state government were spared in the draft proposal for the next two years. The Texas Constitution requires a balanced budget, and Republican leaders have vowed not to raise taxes.
Now, one must understand that had the incoming governor been a Hopey-Changey type, the AP would have breathlessly detailed the details of the ball, down to the first lady's shoe buckles, and buried news of any revenue shortfalls. Or blamed them on George Bush.
But, math is math is math. Texas, unlike the Federal gubbmint, must operate on balanced budgets, and doesn't have its own magic unlimited money-printing machine down the street.
It's not just Texas, ya'll. It's a lot of places, like Tennessee.
Himself and Miz Nancy and Mr. Harry went and borrowed hundreds of billions (freshly printed up by Zimbabwe Ben), and threw it out of the gubbmint helicopter to the states, confident that they would sprout votes and employment and votes and growth, and votes, by 2012. It kills economies and cultures, just ask Argentina. And, it didn't work this time either.
Here's a partial list of ObamaPork for which the money has run out in Tennessee:
STIMULUS FUNDED PROGRAMS:
Coordinated school health: $15.3 million
Extended contracts: $15 million
Safe schools: $4.8 million
Statewide Student Management System: $3.7 million
Family resource centers: $3.5 million
Exemplary educators: $2.3 million
K-2 assessment: $2.3 million
TN early intervention services: $2.3 million
Public TV grants: $2.8 million
Internet connectivity: $2.4 million
Tennessee School for the Deaf transportation: $800,000
Science Alliance museum grants: $750,000
Professional development: $582,000
Governor's Books from Birth Fund: $340,000
Governor's Schools: $240,000
Arts Academy: $150,000
Early childhood education operational savings: $150,000
Holocaust Commission grants: $128,300
Little Tennessee Valley Educational Cooperative: $47,700
Obama went and borrowed money from the Chinese to fund this. Our grandchildren will be paying for it.
The states will have to lead the way. Hopey-Changey just wants to spend more.
From Associated Press, who of course, never miss an opportunity to spit on a conservative:
AUSTIN, TX -- Public education in Texas is facing billions in proposed budget cuts that would include slashing arts education, pre-kindergarten programs and teacher incentive pay as lawmakers take on a massive deficit with the promise of no new taxes.
Lawmakers got their first glimpse of what the next state budget might look like late Tuesday, including the $5 billion cut to public schools, as Republican Gov. Rick Perry and his supporters were dancing at an inaugural celebration.
Texas is facing a $15 billion revenue shortfall, and few corners of state government were spared in the draft proposal for the next two years. The Texas Constitution requires a balanced budget, and Republican leaders have vowed not to raise taxes.
Now, one must understand that had the incoming governor been a Hopey-Changey type, the AP would have breathlessly detailed the details of the ball, down to the first lady's shoe buckles, and buried news of any revenue shortfalls. Or blamed them on George Bush.
But, math is math is math. Texas, unlike the Federal gubbmint, must operate on balanced budgets, and doesn't have its own magic unlimited money-printing machine down the street.
It's not just Texas, ya'll. It's a lot of places, like Tennessee.
Himself and Miz Nancy and Mr. Harry went and borrowed hundreds of billions (freshly printed up by Zimbabwe Ben), and threw it out of the gubbmint helicopter to the states, confident that they would sprout votes and employment and votes and growth, and votes, by 2012. It kills economies and cultures, just ask Argentina. And, it didn't work this time either.
Here's a partial list of ObamaPork for which the money has run out in Tennessee:
STIMULUS FUNDED PROGRAMS:
Coordinated school health: $15.3 million
Extended contracts: $15 million
Safe schools: $4.8 million
Statewide Student Management System: $3.7 million
Family resource centers: $3.5 million
Exemplary educators: $2.3 million
K-2 assessment: $2.3 million
TN early intervention services: $2.3 million
Public TV grants: $2.8 million
Internet connectivity: $2.4 million
Tennessee School for the Deaf transportation: $800,000
Science Alliance museum grants: $750,000
Professional development: $582,000
Governor's Books from Birth Fund: $340,000
Governor's Schools: $240,000
Arts Academy: $150,000
Early childhood education operational savings: $150,000
Holocaust Commission grants: $128,300
Little Tennessee Valley Educational Cooperative: $47,700
Obama went and borrowed money from the Chinese to fund this. Our grandchildren will be paying for it.
The states will have to lead the way. Hopey-Changey just wants to spend more.
The US Unemployment Rate, Sans The Spin
From Gallup Research:
Lots of chatter yesterday about how an economy the size of ours only created 36,000 jobs last month, and yet the unemployment rate dropped from 9.4% to 9%. 150,000 people enter the work force every month, net--new entries minus deaths and retirements. 36k is less than 150k, even in ObamaMath.
The short answer is, Someone may be trying to blow smoke up our skirts. Or, things are so hinky that normal means of measurement are breaking down.
If you'll hit that link above, you'll see the reality. Flat-line, 19.9% underemployment, 9.9 unemployment. Gallup isn't running for office, he's in the accuracy bidness.
Back in 1992, Bill Clinton beat George Bush Sr about the ears over a mild recession we were in, declaring it 'The Worst Recession Since World War II', and 'I Feel Your Pain'.
Bill? Why so silent? You're an elder statesman now, you can say whatever you want.
Bill?
OS used to shop regularly at WalMart, and now tends to avoid it. He shopped there this week, as a reality check of sorts. It's disturbing to walk the isles and see so many shabby people who look completely beaten down by life. So many seem to have given up, looking to survive this month, this week, today. Homeless people are showing up in new places in Nashville, and local churches are feeding more people every month in OS's county. These are the folks responsible for the drop in the unemployment rate...they've done the Department of Labor the favor of simply dropping off the radar.
For a more dispassionate view of reality, visit Calculated Risk.
Lots of chatter yesterday about how an economy the size of ours only created 36,000 jobs last month, and yet the unemployment rate dropped from 9.4% to 9%. 150,000 people enter the work force every month, net--new entries minus deaths and retirements. 36k is less than 150k, even in ObamaMath.
The short answer is, Someone may be trying to blow smoke up our skirts. Or, things are so hinky that normal means of measurement are breaking down.
If you'll hit that link above, you'll see the reality. Flat-line, 19.9% underemployment, 9.9 unemployment. Gallup isn't running for office, he's in the accuracy bidness.
Back in 1992, Bill Clinton beat George Bush Sr about the ears over a mild recession we were in, declaring it 'The Worst Recession Since World War II', and 'I Feel Your Pain'.
Bill? Why so silent? You're an elder statesman now, you can say whatever you want.
Bill?
OS used to shop regularly at WalMart, and now tends to avoid it. He shopped there this week, as a reality check of sorts. It's disturbing to walk the isles and see so many shabby people who look completely beaten down by life. So many seem to have given up, looking to survive this month, this week, today. Homeless people are showing up in new places in Nashville, and local churches are feeding more people every month in OS's county. These are the folks responsible for the drop in the unemployment rate...they've done the Department of Labor the favor of simply dropping off the radar.
For a more dispassionate view of reality, visit Calculated Risk.
Obama Sells The UK To The Russians: START Treaty Revelations Published Today
Turns out the guy in the Oval Office is actually the Pimp-In-Chief.
Just when you think these people have run through their supply of mendacious venality, something else comes to light. This is like living through the Nixon Administration, only Nixon was a rank amateur by comparison.
From The Telegraph on 4 February:
Information about every Trident missile the US supplies to Britain will be given to Russia as part of an arms control deal signed by President Barack Obama next week.
Defence analysts claim the agreement risks undermining Britain’s policy of refusing to confirm the exact size of its nuclear arsenal.
The fact that the Americans used British nuclear secrets as a bargaining chip also sheds new light on the so-called “special relationship”, which is shown often to be a one-sided affair by US diplomatic communications obtained by the WikiLeaks website.
Details of the behind-the-scenes talks are contained in more than 1,400 US embassy cables published to date by the Telegraph, including almost 800 sent from the London Embassy, which are published online today.
Words, well...fail.
OldSouth has a number of regular readers from the UK, so he wants to say it again:
Obama and company do not represent the views of the vast majority of the citizens of this country. They have a completely separate agenda from ours.
If you live in the UK, OS urges you to contact your MP and raise unshirted hell. Demand hearings, and more hearings. Picket our embassy. Write your papers, and demand the truth be published. Obama and his posse have sold you out! If your country were destroyed tomorrow, he would never lose a moment's sleep, just like he sleeps soundly as this one slowly unravels. Just understand that that American tourist or student you encounter has also been victimized by his government, and should not be on the receiving end of your displeasure.
The question arises: What other side deals were made with Putin over this treaty? Little wonder that Obama, Reid, and Hilary were so eager to ram this thing through the Senate in December, when no one was paying attention.
God only knows what he and his are doing with and to Egypt, ostensibly in our name.
Sit tight, ya'll, and keep faith. We're still in those Good Hands, and 2012 is fast approaching.
In the meantime, our apologies from across the pond. We knew he was a bad actor, but had no idea just how bad.
Just when you think these people have run through their supply of mendacious venality, something else comes to light. This is like living through the Nixon Administration, only Nixon was a rank amateur by comparison.
From The Telegraph on 4 February:
Information about every Trident missile the US supplies to Britain will be given to Russia as part of an arms control deal signed by President Barack Obama next week.
Defence analysts claim the agreement risks undermining Britain’s policy of refusing to confirm the exact size of its nuclear arsenal.
The fact that the Americans used British nuclear secrets as a bargaining chip also sheds new light on the so-called “special relationship”, which is shown often to be a one-sided affair by US diplomatic communications obtained by the WikiLeaks website.
Details of the behind-the-scenes talks are contained in more than 1,400 US embassy cables published to date by the Telegraph, including almost 800 sent from the London Embassy, which are published online today.
Words, well...fail.
OldSouth has a number of regular readers from the UK, so he wants to say it again:
Obama and company do not represent the views of the vast majority of the citizens of this country. They have a completely separate agenda from ours.
If you live in the UK, OS urges you to contact your MP and raise unshirted hell. Demand hearings, and more hearings. Picket our embassy. Write your papers, and demand the truth be published. Obama and his posse have sold you out! If your country were destroyed tomorrow, he would never lose a moment's sleep, just like he sleeps soundly as this one slowly unravels. Just understand that that American tourist or student you encounter has also been victimized by his government, and should not be on the receiving end of your displeasure.
The question arises: What other side deals were made with Putin over this treaty? Little wonder that Obama, Reid, and Hilary were so eager to ram this thing through the Senate in December, when no one was paying attention.
God only knows what he and his are doing with and to Egypt, ostensibly in our name.
Sit tight, ya'll, and keep faith. We're still in those Good Hands, and 2012 is fast approaching.
In the meantime, our apologies from across the pond. We knew he was a bad actor, but had no idea just how bad.
Friday, February 4, 2011
Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s 105th Birthday | Acton Institute PowerBlog
Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s 105th Birthday | Acton Institute PowerBlog
More to say later.
This man was truly a hero. OS hopes you take time to read this tribute to Pastor Bonhoeffer.
More to say later.
This man was truly a hero. OS hopes you take time to read this tribute to Pastor Bonhoeffer.
Mubarak's Thugs: Thugz-Iz-Thugz, Wherever You Go
Funny, how common it is for dictators of all stripes, from Castro to Mubarak, to empty the jails and pay thugs to thug on their behalf, when push comes to shove.
This from France24.
Mohamed Abd Elatty is a freelance journalist and blogger in Cairo. He filmed this man's confession.
During the clashes on Wednesday, when anti-government demonstrators managed to catch Mubarak supporters, they disarmed them and handed them over to soldiers Late in the evening, I approached a group of protesters that had detained several baltgia militiamen, and asked the pro-Mubarak men if they would agree to be filmed explaining what their motivations were, because there are a lot of rumours going around on the subject. This young man was the only one who accepted.
He told me that he came from Alexandria and had been arrested – wrongfully, according to him – for drug trafficking. While he was in jail awaiting trial, a policeman reportedly came to see him and around 30 other prisoners and offered them each 5,000 Egyptian pounds if they accepted to participate in pro-Mubarak protests in Cairo. Unlike the other men he was with when protesters captured him on Wednesday, he didn’t have an ID card on him, which makes sense if he was a prisoner.
Another interesting point is that he claims to be from Alexandria. Right now, transportation between Egyptian cities is so bad that he can only have been brought by a government vehicle. In fact, most of the pro-Mubarak protesters that were arrested were unemployed men from outside Cairo: how did they all make it to Tahrir square?
A good question, indeed.
BTW, OS's Friend-of-Friend journalist made it safely out of Egypt and back to Europe.
Away from the thugs.
This from France24.
Mohamed Abd Elatty is a freelance journalist and blogger in Cairo. He filmed this man's confession.
During the clashes on Wednesday, when anti-government demonstrators managed to catch Mubarak supporters, they disarmed them and handed them over to soldiers Late in the evening, I approached a group of protesters that had detained several baltgia militiamen, and asked the pro-Mubarak men if they would agree to be filmed explaining what their motivations were, because there are a lot of rumours going around on the subject. This young man was the only one who accepted.
He told me that he came from Alexandria and had been arrested – wrongfully, according to him – for drug trafficking. While he was in jail awaiting trial, a policeman reportedly came to see him and around 30 other prisoners and offered them each 5,000 Egyptian pounds if they accepted to participate in pro-Mubarak protests in Cairo. Unlike the other men he was with when protesters captured him on Wednesday, he didn’t have an ID card on him, which makes sense if he was a prisoner.
Another interesting point is that he claims to be from Alexandria. Right now, transportation between Egyptian cities is so bad that he can only have been brought by a government vehicle. In fact, most of the pro-Mubarak protesters that were arrested were unemployed men from outside Cairo: how did they all make it to Tahrir square?
A good question, indeed.
BTW, OS's Friend-of-Friend journalist made it safely out of Egypt and back to Europe.
Away from the thugs.
Just Because It's Friday: Psalm 1 In The King James Version
Nothing is quite so relevant to contemporary crises as eternal verities; especially as expressed in the language of the King James Bible, whose 400th anniversary is celebrated this year.
Psalm 1, King James Version:
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
Be of good cheer, ya'll, even as things turn ugly. We're in good hands.
And please pray for the safety of OS's journalist friend-of-friend, held captive in Cairo, arrested today by the secret police. His mom heard from him very briefly, but the call was cut off. He's terrified, and it's hard to imagine the pain his family endures.
And, for good measure, from New College Oxford:
Psalm 1, King James Version:
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
Be of good cheer, ya'll, even as things turn ugly. We're in good hands.
And please pray for the safety of OS's journalist friend-of-friend, held captive in Cairo, arrested today by the secret police. His mom heard from him very briefly, but the call was cut off. He's terrified, and it's hard to imagine the pain his family endures.
And, for good measure, from New College Oxford:
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